Person    | Male  Born 11/5/1815  Died 20/4/1885

Richard Ansdell

Categories: Art

Painter specialising in animals and genre scenes. Born Liverpool. c.1846 moved with his wife and family to Kensington, initially into 39 Victoria Road. 1850 he also took on the house next door, number 41. 1860-1 he built and moved into Lytham House in St. Alban's Grove,. On his death the house was sold and became a school. It was demolished and rebuilt in 1951–5. British History Online have more details of these buildings.

During part of his career he had a summer house in Lytham St Annes, close to his home town of Liverpool, from whence came the name of his Kensington house. The good people of Lytham have returned the compliment by naming an area of their town Ansdell.

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Richard Ansdell

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Richard Ansdell

Richard Ansdell, RA, 1815 - 1885, eminent Victorian painter, lived in Lytham ...

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Martin A. Buckmaster

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Julia Clara Pitt Byrne, née Busk

Julia Clara Pitt Byrne, née Busk

Writer and illustrator.  1842 married William Pitt Byrne and, when the time came, designed his memorial.  Died at home, 16 Montagu Street.

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